10 things you need to know in markets today

The price of oil is slipping in early trading
on Wednesday. At around 6:50 a.m. GMT (2:50 a.m.
ET) both major oil benchmarks are in negative territory. Brent
crude, the European standard has fallen by 1.01% to trade at
$41.37, while WTI US crude is off 1.09%, to exactly $41.

Asian stocks are subdued on Wednesday.
Indexes across the continent are hovering either side of the
neutral mark, but all losses and gains are limited. In Japan, the
Nikkei is off by 0.28%, while in China, the CSI 300 has fallen by
0.21%.

Shares in European hotel and airline groups plunged on
Tuesday. Following the terrorist attacks that
devastated Belgium's capital Brussels. Several explosions hit the
city, including two at Zaventem Airport, worrying
investors in the airline and hospitality sectors. Air France KLM
lost around 4%, while Accor, the largest hotel group in Europe
saw shares fall by a similar amount.